Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-03-2014 23:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	83,000 43,500	43,500

Paul Volpe	72,000 29,000	29,000

Michael Mizrachi	70,000 44,000	44,000

Larry Wright	63,000 36,000	36,000

Galen Hall	52,000 8,000	8,000

Phil Hellmuth	52,000 22,000	22,000

John Monnette	51,000 14,000	14,000

George Danzer	51,000 13,300	13,300

Jeff Lisandro	50,000 12,000	12,000

Matthew Ashton	48,000 10,500	10,500

Jason Mercier	45,000 1,000	1,000

Ashton Griffin	45,000
Shaun Deeb	37,000 7,000	7,000

Shawn Buchanan	36,000 24,200	24,200

Tom Schneider	35,000 4,500	4,500

Matt Glantz	26,000 4,000	4,000

Ray Dehkharghani	25,000 10,000	10,000

Nick Schulman	22,000 17,000	17,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	18,000 8,500	8,500

Abe Mosseri	16,000 19,000	19,000

Phil Galfond	12,000 11,000	11,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Bright	100,000 23,000	23,000
John Juanda	93,000 48,000	48,000

Alexandre Luneau	86,000 24,000	24,000
Shawn Sheikhan	80,000 24,000	24,000
Mike Watson	78,000 18,000	18,000

Brian Rast	75,000 14,000	14,000

Daniel Negreanu	73,000 15,000	15,000

Jen Harman	65,000 23,000	23,000
Frank Kassela	56,000 14,000	14,000

Greg Mueller	53,000 38,000	38,000

Don Nguyen	48,000 22,000	22,000
Rep Porter	43,000 24,500	24,500

Dan Smith	34,000 6,000	6,000

Eli Elezra	34,000 6,000	6,000

Jon Turner	26,000 10,000	10,000

Barry Greenstein	20,000 1,000	1,000

Naoya Kihara	14,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Gorodinsky	4,000 22,000	22,000

Shawn Four-Bets Shaun

Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande opened with a raise to 2,000 and Shaun Deeb came over the top with a three-bet to 5,500. Shawn Buchanan went deep into the tank on the button and came out with a four-bet to 18,000. Action folded back around to Bellande who quickly let of his cards. Deeb thought for about 45 seconds before dropping his hand into the muck. Buchanan raked in the pot and now has about 55,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	55,000 19,000	19,000

Shaun Deeb	47,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Shaun Deeb Shawn Buchanan

06-03-2014 23:40 UTC-8

Ninety-Eight For Mercier

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Jason Mercier opened with an early position raise to 1,700. George Danzer called and it folded over to Galen Hall on the button. Hall three-bet the action to 7,000 only to have Mercier come right back over the top with a four-bet to 14,200. Danzer let it go and Hall called.

Hall took one card at the draw and Mercier stood pat. Hall checked and Mercier knocked the table right back, tabling . Hall mucked his hand and Mercier raked in the chips, bringing his stack up to 53,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	53,000 8,000	8,000

Galen Hall	49,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Galen Hall Jason Mercier

06-03-2014 23:49 UTC-8

Volpe's Ten is Better

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Picking up with the action at the draw with about 14,000 already in the pot, both Michael Mizrachi and Paul Volpe took one new card.

Mizrachi fired out a bet of 5,000 and Volpe flung out a call.

"Ten," said Mizrachi.

Volpe fanned for a better ten and he was pushed the pot. Volpe is back up to 100,000 in chips while Mizrachi has dropped to 94,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	100,000 28,000	28,000

Michael Mizrachi	94,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Paul Volpe

06-03-2014 23:49 UTC-8

Break

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Players are now on their final 15-minute break of the night.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 300

06-04-2014 00:18 UTC-8

Bellande Doubles

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

Action folded around to the player on the button who made it 2,000 to go. Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet shipped all in for 21,000 from the cutoff and it folded back to the button who called.

Bellande stood pat at the draw while his opponent opted for one card. Bellande fanned and his opponent peeked at his new card and mucked his hand. All in hands must be shown, however, so the dealer tabled the . Bellande scooped the pot and doubled to around 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	45,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

06-04-2014 00:28 UTC-8

Kihara Doubles Through Rast

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

We found Brian Rast and Naoya Kihara going to the draw with the latter all in for his tournament life of 11,000. Rast announced that he was drawing one card and Kihara stood up from the table.

"I'm pat," said Kihara, rolling over .

Rast rolled over and was drawing live to score the elimination. He squeezed his card slowly, announcing first that it was paint.

"It's big paint," said Rast, rolling over the . Kihara's queen-low finished as the best hand and he was awarded the double up. He's now sitting around 24,000 while Rast has fallen to 41,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	41,000 32,000	32,000

Naoya Kihara	24,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Naoya Kihara Brian Rast

06-04-2014 00:28 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	95,000 32,000	32,000

Jeff Lisandro	93,000 43,000	43,000

Galen Hall	76,000 27,000	27,000

Shawn Buchanan	68,000 13,000	13,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	60,000 15,000	15,000

Darren Elias	59,000 29,000	29,000

Shaun Deeb	59,000 12,000	12,000

George Danzer	50,000 24,000	24,000

Jason Mercier	42,000 11,000	11,000

Tom Schneider	24,000 11,000	11,000

Nick Schulman	17,000 5,000	5,000

Rami Boukai	11,000